[James Knox Polk, three-quarter length portrait, three-quarters to the right, seated]

President of the United States, 1845-1849.Hallmark: 40M.Facing the light / H. Pfister. Washington : Smithsonian Institution Press, 1978, p. 343.Original served by appointment only.Produced by Mathew Brady's studio.Transfer; U.S. War College; 1920. (DLC/PP-1920:46153).Forms part of: Daguerreotype collection (Library of Congress).Published in: Viewpoints; a selection from the pictorial collections of the Library of Congress .... Washington : Library of Congress ..., 1975, no. 73